Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in PMECMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
PMECMS "pathMod" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25177
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/25177/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
PMECMS 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/14144/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in PMECMS, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "pathMod" parameter in mod/image/index.php,
mod/liens/index.php, mod/liste/index.php, mod/special/index.php, and
mod/texte/index.php is not properly verified before being used to
include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from
local and external resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
GolD_M a.k.a. Mahmood_ali
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://milw0rm.com/exploits/3852
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